[ad_1]
According to Klaipėda Road Police Chief Mindaugas Džermeika, police officers constantly receive complaints from road users that car drivers are ignoring the additional speed requirements introduced in road works.
“When repairing roads or mowing lawns, road users have the right to install proper speed limit signs, which force drivers to slow down. However, we and road users alike note that drivers They ignore these restrictions and continue to drive at high speeds, endangering the health of road users and other road users.
Therefore, in October, the month of road safety, we will cooperate more closely with AB Kelių reikalavimai and pay more attention to the areas in western Lithuania where road works are taking place, ”says M. Džermeika .
The speed exceeds two or three times
According to Algminas Šmitas, head of the Western Region “Road Maintenance”, the desire was born to strengthen the partnership with the traffic police to ensure the safety of their employees and to see the true scope of the problem by experimentally measuring speed. of cars on road repair sections.
“Our employees feel unsafe when working on highways, especially on state highways or highways, where the speed limit is 120-130 km / h. After conducting the experiments, we made sure that the frequent driver ignored the speed limit. entered in the respective area.
For example, in a section where driving is allowed at only 70 km / h, we observed cars that double or almost triple the speed limit. “Rekordininkas” drove up to 194 km / h. speed.
As we celebrate European Road Safety Day on October 13, it was this month that we decided to launch a social campaign entitled ‘Safe speed – safe road users’. During the event, officials will intensify their efforts to ensure safety on the roads in the western region, where we carry out road maintenance work. We thank the Klaipėda Road Police Chief, Mindaugas Džermeika, for supporting the initiative and we hope that in the future the cooperation will cover all of Lithuania, ”says A. Šmitas.
Tragic traffic accidents are also inevitable
According to M. Džermeika, officials became convinced of the magnitude of the problem during the closest cooperation with travelers in June: A1 (Vilnius – Kaunas – Klaipėda) 283 and 300 km, in 2 days we recorded 697 speeds. These include traffic violations for which drivers have lost their right to drive. “
According to the head of the Western Region Road Region, failure to comply with safe speed at places where road repair works are being carried out has led to many incidents this year, in which company property was damaged.
“By ignoring road signs, drivers often damage road equipment, overturn road signs and collide with stationary signaling trailers.
We have logged 1-3 similar incidents per week in the last season. We also noticed that drivers not only speed, but also avoid using mobile phones, reducing their concentration on the road. This can have extremely painful consequences, says Schmidt.
The Klaipeda Road Police chief adds that in recent years traffic accidents in which people have died have not been prevented on these sections: “This only confirms that it is always necessary to follow traffic rules, because drivers are responsible not only for their lives. “
He will install tripods, check the sobriety of the drivers.
According to the head of the Klaipeda Highway Police, the police, listening to the recommendations of road users, will apply appropriate safety measures in road repair zones where speeding is most often exceeded.
“In October, in certain sections of the Western Lithuania region where road works are being carried out, we will use tripod speedometers, manual speedometers, we will carry out sobriety tests with a breathalyzer, in addition to paying attention to large or heavy vehicles and their combinations , your load: check that the maximum permissible weight of the vehicle is not violated.
While we understand that this issue needs to be addressed by elevating the country’s driving culture and sensitizing road users, the implementation of such a goal has been going on for years. Therefore, we hope that by using the aforementioned short-term measures, we will draw the attention of drivers to the magnitude of this problem and guarantee maximum safety for all road users, ”says the official.
